Update Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ Firmware with this article. Due to lack in hardware and RAM compatibility, Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 was stopped on Official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread Firmware. That’s why it didn’t get any further updates. Although there are many ROMs available for this device including the Android 4.0 Ice-cream sandwich, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and the recently launched Android 4.4 KitKat. But as these are not the official ones, they may contain untested bugs and issues. So besides getting irritated with these unstable ROMs you must always go towards the official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread firmware launched by Samsung. These official firmwares are much safe to install and use.

In this article we are going to discuss the detailed procedure on flashing official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. Released back in early 2011, this phone is nearly obsolete now. But still due descent specs and features, it was most renowned phone in its time. With this update, your galaxy ace will be updated with an absolute new interface. You will be able to personalize and customize the looks, the appearances and everything else you need to. In a other words it will be possible for you to enjoy a redefined Android experience, not to mention that the performances of your handset will be powered up. You will gain more speed, have more access to the internal system, install complex apps, optimize and customize the OS with an improved battery life. The interested users can proceed further for installing this official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread firmware on their Galaxy Ace S5830.The screenshots of this firmware update are given below.

The given firmware update of installing Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ on your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is too risky. A single mistake and your device is damaged permanently. If you have no idea regarding this stuff then without proceeding further it’s better that you stop at this point. The advanced Android users having a complete knowledge can freely proceed further. If in case your Galaxy Ace gets damaged or bricked by following this article then neither we nor the developers will be held liable for that. Although it is very unlikely that your device will get damaged, but still I highly recommend you to follow all that is given below properly to the point and without attempting anything by your own. Also you must note that this Official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ Firmware is only compatible for Samsung Galaxy Ace having the model number GT-S5830. Installing this on any other device or variant will result into unwanted outcomes or bricked device. So you must verify your device model number with the number given above from Homescreen–> Menu–>Settings –> About Phone.

Pre-Requisites:

Charge the battery of your Galaxy Ace at least upto 65% so as to minimize the risk of interruption during the Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread flashing process. This may result into further problems.

Make a backup copy of all your important data present on your phone including contacts, sms/mms, apn settings, call logs etc. and copy them somewhere for more safety. This is much essential as in the last step of this procedure you need to wipe all the data and cache currently present on your phone memory.

Make sure that you have enabled the USB debugging mode on your Phone. If not, that do so by following the path Menu->Settings->Applications->Development->USB debugging.

Check that you’ve installed mobile specific drivers on your PC so as to detect the phone when you connect it to PC. You can install them from the Samsung Kies CD which you’ve got at the time of purchase. Or just manually install them from link given below.

Step 5: On PC, go to the folder where you’ve just downloaded the above mentioned files and launch ‘Odin Multi Downloader3_3.09‘ software. As soon as you open it, the ID:COM section in it will turn light blue. Also an Added message will appear in the message box window. This will confirm that the connection between PC and phone has been established successfully. If it’s not showing, then check that a proper device drivers are installed on your PC. You can install them via Samsung Kies or manually install them from the links given in Pre-Requisites.

Step 6: Tick the Auto Reboot option and F.Reset option located on the Odin window. Do not tick or un-tick any other option. Remember that ticking Re-Partition option may brick the phone. Don’t forget to take these crucial precautions before going ahead.

Step 7: Now, tick against ‘AP’ button and navigate to the tar.md5 file from the firmware package & select it (The firmware file will look something like: S5830XWKTQ _S5830OXXKT4_FOP.tar.md5). Wait till Odin verifies the md5 hash. If it’s successful then there won’t be any warning message.

Step 8: After completing everything as mentioned above, start the process by clicking on the Start button located on the Odin window. You’ll notice that your phone automatically reboots itself while going through the process. Make sure that you don’t remove the USB cable until the process completes, as it may interrupt the process.

Step 9: The process will take few minutes to complete. As soon as it completes, you’ll see that the ID:COM section on the Odin window is turned green with the message ‘Pass’ below it. This will confirm that you have properly flashed your Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 to Official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ firmware. You can now disconnect your device by safely removing the USB cable.

Note: If the process fails or if Odin gets stuck or in case your device gets boot loops, then close the Odin window, remove battery from your Galaxy Ace and re-insert it. Again go into downloading mode and follow the same procedure as given above.

Step 10: After successfully completing the process, boot your device into recovery mode by holding Home button (Middle button) and Power button simultaneously until the recovery mode appears.

Note: Touch will not work here in recovery mode. So all you need to do is use Volume Up and Volume Down keys for navigation and Home button (Middle button) for selection.

Step 11: On the recovery mode, navigate to the ‘Wipe data/factory reset’ option followed by the ‘Wipe Cache partition’ option & select them to clear all the data and caches from your phone memory.

Step 12: Then go back to the main menu of recovery mode and select ‘reboot system now’ option to restart your device.

Good Work! You are succeeded in flashing the Official Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830. You can confirm this from Menu->Settings->About Phone. This stock ROM can be flashed whenever you come across any bug or issue through Custom ROM. As it is official no bug or error present. So a completely pure, bug free firmware is waiting for you. Go get it now. I have made this article as simple as possible to understand, still if you have any doubt/query or any problem regarding the same then you can inform me through the comment section given below. I’ll provide an exact solution to your each and every problem as soon as possible. Till then Enjoy! 🙂

Thnx alot…… i was so frusatated frm the stock versions ics and jelly bean in my gt-s5830…. i was working slower than hellll…… i replacced now with original android 2.3.6…. thnx u so muchhh……… if any other andriod version u know which work well in galaxy Ace gt-s5830 plzzz plzzz inform me………..

Manoj

thanksss….

jasdev singh

thanx bro so much and if i want to update 2.3.6 to another version then can u send me details…. ?

Lucas Oliveira

Worked! Thank you!

ajish pk

tanx good

mostafa

thank you

Kelvin

it worked and my phone is working again.
thank you very much!!!!

Abhijeet Bharekar

🙂

hari dhungana

my mobile is stopped in samsung logo.. what should i do to repair it?

Abhijeet Bharekar

Switch off and boot into recovery mode using Home + Power button. Then select wipe data and wipe cache partition. Reboot the phone.

Just cant thank you enough!!! Had installed jelly bean on my Samsung ace,and it was very crappy. I tried restoring and it never worked,i thought ive lost my ace forever. But this worked wonders!!!!!!!!….And my original galaxy ace is back!!!!Thanks again!!!!!!!

Sameer

Thanks a lot Abhijeet….Every thing i did accordingly n now i m very happy…its 2.3.6 legal official version .. superb…there are many websites claiming official, but thy are fake…
Only thing/ small prob i m facing is language . after reoot language has been changed n i m not able to figure it out pl. elaborate more hw to change it to English. bcoz its hard to understand that language..
can we expand internal memory by any method..?
by rooting ….

stanleyjebasingh

excellent guys it works….great work

praveen

thnks a lot now i hell out of the stock rom

Rex

Thanks buddy. it really worked. My ace was running on CM 7, but when i was about to replace my ace, stock ROM was necessary at the retail outlet.

Not working… waited about 10 minutes. Stuck at at checking platform verification. What do I do?

Kalhara Prqasad

Same Here….

Kalhara Prasad

Stuck Odin in SetupConnection… Then show up Fail! what can i do about that?

Sajid

Hai!..bro…i had followed every thing you had mentioned,my phone had came to its original state very….very…thanks:-). but there is one problem i’m faceing now :-(after the installation i had inserted my sim in to my phone try to call my friend but the call is’nt reaching,i had checked my signals the signal bars are’nt showing any signals i had tried several sims but same problem tried different settings still no use tried in different areas but still the same weak signal now i’m out of my mind don’t knowing what to do please help me:-|

haris

bro, help me. i stay on reboot again n again. what should i do ??

Abhijeet Bharekar

Boot into recovery and wipe data/cache..

Stanimir

Thanks a lot! It work wonderful!

sajid

hai bro i had installed the software and it is working fine but there is one problem i had noticed that my phones signals are getting down and i am not getting any signals even though i am in good network area and i had inserted a sim card and checked all the settings

Abhijeet Bharekar

Download & flash this firmware using Odin (according to instructions given in article)..Let me know if it works..

Shawon Shahriar

thanx a lot my frnd. it really works.

sahil khan

bach gaya yaar paisa and mobile dono////////////////// thanks bhai

Marçal

Abhijeet, my GT-S5830C is running android 236, in my house have wifi connection with fixed IP, I can not change this, and no cell found the option to set IP and subnet mask, have an update I need to do?

vsn

is that possible to install that costomised rom as ‘install from sd card’ in recovry mode??????

Nasaa

It is completed, but my wifi has error, can’t turn on it. please help me.

John L Jensen

I can’t get passed the recovery screen. When I try to go to recovery mode (home + start) I get the usual screen, but it also says:
Android System Recovery (E3)
Appling Muti-csc
Can’t acces to/system/csc/xec/system

What could I do to make it right?

Abhijeet Bharekar

Un-tick auto reboot option and flash this firmware using the same method..After it completes successfully wipe data/cache and reboot the phone..Hope this will help..

i found it quite lengthy buddy so i want to know , cant we flash this one also like we do for custom roms , keeping the zip file in sd card and after clearing the delvik cache , choosing the option ‘update from sd card’ and installing it ?

Abhijeet Bharekar

Nope you need to use the Odin method..

velu

my mobile samsung galaxy ace s5830i
not going to download mode while press home+vol. dwn+power button help me what can i do

Abhijeet Bharekar

If your keys aren’t working then install Terminal emulator app & enter these commands in it:
$ su
#reboot download
This will directly land you into download mode..
Refer this guide for official firmware on S5830i…

velu

$su
su:not found

Abhijeet Bharekar

First root your phone & then try implementing those commands…

Carlton Zak

I want to downgrade from ICS to original Gingerbread. After following all these steps of installing original version, what will happen to my IMEI and EFS, will they remain there or they will also gets wiped out, if so then what is the method of backup and restore for these two things, please clear this doubts, thanks

Abhijeet Bharekar

For Ace, EFS file is placed deep inside Radio (aka modem). So its very rare that the efs will get affected..Feel free to flash the firmware..No damage will happen

Carlton Zak

Thanks Abhijeet, I’ll try and let you know,

Vignesh

My phone is not recognized by the pc both in download mode and normal mode, however i installed the USB drivers.. Pls help..

i chnged my rom by using recovery method nd now phone is not starting when started it start blinking … can it be fix by that method …

yasir

yoo man ,, you just made my day. its been one year since i have seen 2.3.6 official again , i upgraded my ace to ice cream and jelly bean it was a disaster, thank you so much for helping us out, stay blessed, and thanks again

I’ve tried several time ! same massage and now my ACE dost works more 🙁

Abhijeet Bharekar

Reboot into recovery, clear cache and factory reset your phone..

pragati jain

thanx a lot.. now again i have my original phone…… 🙂 :)…seriously thanku sooooo much…

Munir

Hey Abhijeet

When I restart my Ace in downloading, the screen only shows “Downloading” in yellow font and it does not look the way it appears in your tutorial. It may be a problem because my Windows 8.1 flashes an error saying the “device is not recognized” . Since it does not recognize my phone, I cannot go any further. Normally, Windows 8.1 accepts the device without any error. Am I doing something wrong? I already have Kies installed on my PC. So I assume I have all the latest drivers too on the computer. Or do I need any special drivers to make Windows 8.1 recognize my Ace in downloading mode as well?

Abhijeet Bharekar

Its the same downloading mode..You may freely proceed further..

Munir

Thanx Abhijeet. But you missed the point of Windows 8.1 refusing to recognizing the phone as soon as it is put in downloading mode. Samsung drivers for the phone seem to be installed, but unless PC accepts the cell in download mode, the upgradation is not possible.

Thanx Again
Munir

Keila

É compativel com o Galaxy Ace GT-S5830C ??

Abhijeet Bharekar

não

thillin

thanks man ,your great .its worked

Monsieur Tigre

This is the Spanish version. You will need to look for your own country’s version anyway.

saminda

bro do i have to root my galaxy ace before i do to your tutorial….plz help

Hey Abhijeet ..can u pliz post an alternative link for samsung galaxy gt S5830 firmware download…..coz i wanna use opera mini for downloading the firmware and 4shared isnt allowing me to download the firmware using opera mini…i need to upgrade from version 2.3.3 to 2.3.6…. Thanks

chethan

My phone is Samsung Galaxy Ace GT S5830i which is android 2.3.6 version.. I did factory reset to my phone.. It done completely then while rebooting the device.. It is STUCK ON BOOT…. Its showing that Samsung Galaxy Ace LOGO.. Please can any one help me to resolve this problem.. Urgent.. Thanks in Advance…

hello pls i need your help. my samsung-galaxy-ace-gt-s5830 was intially 2.2.2 and i never upgraded it.but i rooted it and installed a custom rom ( Android 4.4.4KitKat Cyanogenmod).so i tried to install facebook apps on the phone and it keeps telling me to upgrade the phone version, even when am using the cumtom rom .my reason for rooting the phone was not achieved.
so this is my question. can i flash the phone back to Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKTQ Firmware without encountering any problem??????

Abhijeet Bharekar

Yes you can

j

odin seem cannot detect my ace when in download mode?

Abhijeet Bharekar

1.Install mobile drivers on PC.
2.Switch off your phone.
3.Hold Volume down + Home(middle) + Power buttons until you see a warning message.
4.Connect the phone to PC.
5.Launch Odin on PC.
6.Wait few minutes.
7.Press Volume Up button to continue (Enters download mode).
This will recognize your Phone by Odin..

j

it only shows “downloading…” nothing else, is this a different one from the download mode photo you posted?

Abhijeet Bharekar

Yeah you’ve correctly entered the download mode..Just re-install the mobile drivers on PC and use different USB ports..

ZEE KAY

can you please tell how to remove my samsung account from my phone i dont know its password because in the time of activation the samsung app takes the wrong mail i dont know why. now i want to reset my phone is their any other way if yes than please mail me.

Abhijeet Bharekar

Go to Settings->Accounts and remove the account you want..

ZEE KAY

i cant remove the account because it needs a password of the account which i don’t have. As i say the phone had taken a wrong email. They made a wrong spelling and now that email doesn’t exit.

Abhijeet Bharekar

Boot into recovery and wipe data/cache

ZEE KAY

how do i boot the phone into recovery mode ??

Abhijeet Bharekar

1.Switch off your phone.
2.Press & hold home button + power button together to enter recovery mode.
3.Use volume keys to navigate and home button for selection in recovery mode.